Guadalajara, MEX – Jan. 24, 2019 – It was game on at the Guadalajara Country Club Thursday, as the Triple Copa Scappino CSI4*-W, presented by Audi, played host to the $610,000 ($32,000+ U.S.) Copa Longines Scappino Longines FEI World Cup™ Qualifier. In a jump-off of 14 horse and rider combinations, with six double clear performances, Arturo Navarro Reynoso and the 14-year-old Oldenburg mare Questina (Quidam’s Rubin / Quick Star) proved impossible to beat, crossing the jump-off timers clean in 43.96 seconds to claim victory. Francisco Pasquel and Naranjo finished a close second going double clean in 44.41 seconds, while Nicolas Pizarro and Carquilot took the third spot on the podium, clean in 45.96 seconds.

Arturo Navarro Reynoso and QuestinaPhoto: Anwar Esquivel

With the $100,000 (U.S.) Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Guadalajara, the penultimate North American West Coast qualifier for the 2019 World Cup Finals in Gothenburg, Sweden, set to take place Saturday, Jan. 26, starting positions in Saturday’s feature event were on the line. The 32 athletes, representing seven countries, came out firing on all cylinders as they navigated course designer Guilherme Jorge (BRA)’s 1.50m first round track.

Ireland’s Jordan Coyle was the highest-placing international rider, finishing fourth with American show jumper Andy Kocher’s Bold Prinz. Pasquel, who topped the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Guadalajara in 2017, also qualified for the jump-off on his mount Coronado, finishing sixth with a four fault score. Brother Patricio Pasquel had the speediest jump-off time of 41.48s aboard Babel, but lowered the height of two fences along the way.

Navarro Reynoso credited his victory to his swift turn back to the second to last fence, which came at a right-to-left angle across the large, expansive arena.

“The second round was very forward,” he noted, “but we jumped here last week [in CSI3* competition], and she’s been going very well.”

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